And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

She doted upon them with the lust of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

she became mad for them with the desire of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

The sending of "messengers" refers to the act of Ahaz 2-Kings 16:7.

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them,.... As lustful women, on the sight of the pictures of men, fall in love with them, and are mad after them; such a vehement desire after the idols of the Chaldeans prevailed, upon seeing their images:
and sent messengers unto them in Chaldea; to make alliances with the Chaldeans, and to have their idols, and worship them.

sent messengers . . . into Chaldea-- (Ezekiel 16:29). It was she that solicited the Chaldeans, not they her. Probably the occasion was when Judah sought to strengthen herself by a Chaldean alliance against a menaced attack by Egypt (compare 2-Kings 23:29-35; 2-Kings 24:1-7). God made the object of their sinful desire the instrument of their punishment. Jehoiakim, probably by a stipulation of tribute, enlisted Nebuchadnezzar against Pharaoh, whose tributary he previously had been; failing to keep his stipulation, he brought on himself Nebuchadnezzar's vengeance.